During times of the pandemic, Bangladesh Art Week has organised a three-month long programme between August and September, 2020. Through this initiative, scheduled to mark their anniversary, 77 local artisans and their 387 family members residing in Chattogram and Sirajganj now has the opportunity to receive financial, creative, and educational support. The rampant spread of the coronavirus has made local communities of weavers, blacksmiths, carpenters, masons, fishermen, folk singers, folk artists, and potters vulnerable, and it is through this programme that the art initiative plans to help them.

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